August - 2020 2/4

Day 23: "The Last Shift" by Philip Levine

I must say that I was introduced to Philip Levine's work in The Writers Studio. Somehow, I never encountered it before. This particular...

A Jim Byrnes Concert!!!!

I have to admit that Covid-17 has been awful. The death toll keeps rising. I disinfect disinfectant. But, exciting things are happening...

Day 22: "The World Doesn't End" by Charles Simic

Well, I've circled back around to Simic. This book is much more of what I know. This collection is made up of prose poems and prose poems...

Day 21: "Femme's Dictionary: Poetry" by Carol Guess

Oh, Goddess. That's what I've got to say. This poetry collection takes on the role of femme and butch discourse in the lesbian and...

Day 20: "Bliss" by Grace Cavalieri

To start, Bliss is a wonderful collection that everyone should read--not just poets. My book is signed--how that I happened I know not....

Day 19: "Render: An Apocalypse" by Rebecca Gayle Howell

Render: An Apocalypse is tenderly brutal. Farm life is described in detail and captures the brutal and desperate wants of both the humans...

Day 18: "Ostinato Vamps" by Wanda Coleman

For a long moment, I thought I had just read this collection and that I must have already used it in the Sealey Challenge. But, I have...

Day 17: "White Elephants" by Reetika Vazirani

White Elephants confused and dazzled me. There is universal emotion, wonderful word play, samplings of other languages. In truth, I...

Day 16!: "Ephemeron" by T.R. Hummer

This is an intriguing collection. There is a lot of span in terms of topics, but most often the idea of death, or children, or dreams,...

Day 15: "Facts about the Moon" by Dorianne Laux

Ok peeps--I'm counting this as half way through my cheating Sealey Challenge Self! Facts about the Moon is incredible. Again, a female...

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